Would you want your ride "pimped"?

[Parks]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:03pm

I'm watching Pimp My Ride--and I've thought about this the last few times I've watched it.

I think I'd be embarassed to drive some of the things they let out of the car shop. This girl just got her car back with--get this--little monitors in the FRONT of the car--meaning opposing traffic can see it. Is that not a little bit ridiculous?

Who needs 6 TV screens in their trunk? Who needs bubbles coming out of the tailpipe?

Does anyone know anyone who has had their ride "pimped" on the show?

[kate2]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:12pm

I can't say I'd want my car "pimped". I like my little green VW Beetle just the way it is!

[Kevo711]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:36pm

Most of the cars turn up looking ridiculously hideous lol! I would not want my car pimped!

[matt schneider]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:38pm

I'd want mine pimped, so I could dismember it and sell the parts to get enough cash to buy a better car

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:38pm

The things they do to these cars are more distractions than anything, because we really need more bad drivers on the road.

If my car got pimped we'd be in trouble, because my parents lease.

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:03pm

I love my little red GMC truck (which I don't even own yet) and I'd hate one of those crazy paint jobs done to it. I don't want it looking like the poseur-mobile.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who watches MTV.

> What do you think... tucked in or tucked out?
>> Tucked in, dude.
>>> Psh. White people.

[evilNpunk]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:33pm

Updated On: 12/2/14 at 10:33 PM

[bwaylover86]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:44pm

I actually was trying to have my boyfriend's piece of **** that passes for a car pimped but it seems to me that a lot of the people just want there car "pretty" and working and once it is "pimped" they can't even really use it anymore. Half of the stuff they do is illegal in some states and the other stuff would get stolen if the car was left anywhere for too long. At first the cars were really cool but now they just go way to extreme and the cars are more for show than anything.

[evilNpunk]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:46pm

Updated On: 12/2/14 at 10:46 PM

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:49pm

Wasn't there a car that had actual wheat grass growing in it? What the hell?

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:54pm

Anyone remember the one with the freakin fish tank in it?

[opiv]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:58pm

I remember the wheat grass and fish tank...both really stupid.

[Parks]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 1:03am

We even put a karaoke machine, so when you're on the highway you can talk on your cell phone, watch a movie, draw on your sketchpad AND sing karaoke! We hooked you up, bro.

...I can just see it now.

Posted: 7/5/06 at 1:24am

hahah this thread cracks me up, because I recently had a horrible dream where my car was "pimped" I fell asleep watching TV while it was on. It was awful, they put the ugliest paint on it, but the worst part was that all the stuff they "hooked me up with" made the car so heavy that I couldn't get up hills, and the TV's would randomly turn on while I was driving and scare me so I got in like 6 accidents a day. All in all it wasn't a very good dream, and I guess all I really had to say was "no I wouldn't want my car pimped".

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 2:38am

The one with the wheat grass growing in it also had fruit in the back window for the juicer. Seriously, what happens when the fruit rots, as it will in the hot sun? And how is she suppossed to clean a juicer that should be washed after each use? yuck. I think she was better off with the rat living in it.

Posted: 7/5/06 at 4:03am

If they tried to "pimp" my car i'd be busting out some serious ninja skills. My car may suck, but i'd rather drive my little 1989 dodge colt. Than somthing that looks like a space ship or has a million bells and whistles on it!

I think i'd die!
My favortie ugly car: "We are even going to put crop circle designs on the hood, doors, roof, and trunk. Just to give it the out of this world effect! We are hooking my brotha up!!"

UGH!
-EM

[SeptemberKel]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 7:55am

I have to echo the thoughts of several of you on this one - I most definitely would not want them to pimp my ride. Besides, if I had to drive that to the mall or something, I guarantee I'd come out and all of the bells and whistles inside will have been stolen.

[Patronus]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 9:35am

I enjoy watching the show for some reason, but I certainly wouldn't want my ride pimped.

The amusing thing is that these people typically don't have a lot of money or else they would have just had their cars repaired or buy a new car. After the pimpage, the insurance on some of these cars jumps to double what it would cost to just lease/buy a new/used car. It's really silly.

I read an article once that stated that a large percentage of people who get their cars pimped can't afford to keep them.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 1:24pm

I can't say I'd want to own anything that would be described as "pimped" or "pimpin'".

[Parks]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 1:27pm

Oh my god, the crop circles one? That was ridiculous. "People are gonna think they've been seein' UFO's when I drive by!"


...I wonder how many times he's been laughed at

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 5:26pm

parks, you're too young to be posting about pimping.

[meggsison]

Posted: 7/5/06 at 5:57pm

Parks can DRIVE now!

Anyway, I wouldn't want my car pimped if I had one. Too much crap. I'd rather have a crappy car that has a lot of room in it than a nice car filled with a ridiculous amount of useless STUFF.

Posted: 7/5/06 at 6:23pm

Another one of my favorites would have to be the Gril who had the huge suberban. They gave her a sink in the back, a vanity table with a light up mirror. It was so funny. WHY would you need a built in sink in your suburban or any car other than an RV? I just dont get it.

As for the UFO one; The outside was bad but the interior was aweful! Silver with bright purple crop circle designs. How could that guy love that car? I say its all an act, and he sold everything in the car and bought a new car.

I wonder what would happen if they showed someone their car and they were all " Wow, its great..... ummm thanks.... I really like it." Instead of jumping up and down and screaming "OMGitssofrigginawesomeeveryoneisgonnaloveityeahdogg!"
Just a thought.
-EM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 3:18pm

No, I don't want like an aquarium in my car. Nor did I need a coffee machine in my car. And I know, being a theater major in college that x to the z would like put some kind of stage in my car or something horrible like that.

[SarahBeth]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 3:27pm

Put satellite radio in my car and i'll consider it pimped. They tend to paint the cars with flames and I think that's incredibly tacky. One time they put LCD screens underneath the thing itself...who goes under their car and feels they need to watch a movie under there? They took the bed of a truck and filled it with a giant tv. All useless stuff. Give me a respectable paint job and satellite radio..i'll be happy.